@dcc @envelopeme I'm not "gene pool racist," in that I will give every human a chance. Just some start on thinner ice than others based on nothing more than how they look and sound, and while it's not "fair," it's just reality. Some of that is race, which they can't control, and some of that is how they dress and carry themselves, which they can.

I do believe a lot of stereotypes exist for a reason, and I believe racial statistics about crime and other things are very telling.

If there's a smart black man (yes, they do exist at the end of their own bell curve), do I hate him because he's black? No, but it will, through no fault of his own, take a while for me to warm up to him. He can blame his kin for that, not me, and a smart person understands that.

I wish I lived in a world where race was skin deep, but I don't, and I refuse to pretend that I do.